| name | grilling |
| description | Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design. Use when the user wants to stress-test a plan before building, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases. |
| category | productivity |
| risk | safe |
| source | community |
| source_repo | mattpocock/skills |
| source_type | community |
| date_added | 2026-06-19 |
| author | Matt Pocock |
| license | MIT |
| license_source | https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/main/LICENSE |
| tags | ["productivity","workflow","coding-agents"] |
| tools | ["claude-code","codex-cli","cursor"] |
When to Use
Use when this workflow matches the user request: Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design. Use when the user wants to stress-test a plan before building, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases.
_Source: mattpocock/skills (MIT)._Interview me relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until we reach a shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the design tree, resolving dependencies between decisions one-by-one. For each question, provide your recommended answer.
Ask the questions one at a time, waiting for feedback on each question before continuing. Asking multiple questions at once is bewildering.
If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore the codebase instead.
Limitations
- Requires the upstream tool, account, API key, or local setup when the workflow names one.
- Does not authorize destructive, production, paid, or external-message actions without explicit user approval.
- Validate generated artifacts or recommendations against the user's real sources before treating them as final.